The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30
oooD STORIES OF THE PRESENT DAx
yust Ont OF an Elephent's Heseh-An Eie.
phant's Charge Upon Our Camp.

frenzy Dy tnTOo OF lOur WOunub, tufnb NJ Day
on you. look outi He IL moro to DO feared
who escapes him must depend upon luck or
accident
There was q period OF three years whom
was regularly employed by an English house
at Zanzibar to hunt for ivory. and was fitted
out In the most liberal manner, and permitted
to 90 in any direction inland. Tho main object
was to SECURE tusks, and I sent enough OF
thom to Zanzibar to seemingly supply the mar
kets Of the world for fifty years. Something is
written ovory day Of the tame elephants
tho big, Rood-natured beasts OF the DIR
Gus and the Izooogical' igardens-but very
little 10 written OF the wild onos. I had oppor-
tunity to study them under oil sorts OF clrcum-
stances, and havo never been satisfied with the
accounts given by hunters and naturalists. In
my opinion the elephant in his native pastures
10 the keenost, shrewdest, and most intelligent
OF oil animals. He has more courage than the
lion. moro ferocity than the tiger, and more
cunning than tho fox. Only man is n match
for him. and It must be pretty Intelligent
man. too.
I started in the business Of elephant hunting
with the idea that only had to look up
drove OF the boasts and begin shooting. but
soon discovered that was lsbortng under q
ys vson
tares WIN extra keen eyssIGhs but be dtgSs
my drst trip out. We had crossed the Zanzibar
running on ahead to look for a spring give me
S ns not ret an eiephant but
S ssS h!s a: . Sssssa ssss S AZ s
COWS COWS ana several horses. and ths party
ns i4xar q s 70
afterYard learned. he struck into .. beaten s,
IN old bull elephant was standing in the shade
more than the tops. Of the trees. TO the human
eye he Tould have been contonnded With earth i,,a
hy as s SeS aS sga oE Rs
raised an alarm at that distance. He no sooner
T es his ssn
and so whom ho turned and bolted he came
and turned him aside. and ~ vent OF SO fast
that he could not be oysr l,a =, ,.,,, ~
down 9. vaey nile and
Ss top at the other end Of s valley tho boy
sd enter The SnSs 81 t ihs
s t pes shs, Z rs had snssrsd
hs ha Vsey H m then
started to come back BY the route 70. had
our Wind Or any other hint Of danger; and they
fed 8 aher eu they first entered the forest:
they made a. Journey. q ave miles
Pss Ehsss had by
III RSI % shS RSsIs x ss
they they were now satisfied that no danger mensssd
hidden that sailor with telssSops sGad not not
sas
Snse. sas M they had @
thing up the oEs valley TO- alarm , then Put
SUPPOSE % he foand Tho CARELESS fellow lad
NJ vSs sRs
sIehsea i eysn When there was no reason for
tsi %s IA ss scent Ct usRs
or tiger can SCENT a human being over half that
hai H' aG mile 20 on Z still day and that n
the Al. hee WAYS u ss whs TSe tame SI .e S5saa
has a careless look. and seems to pay little
% t. h Is ge1s ssr sna h
easily startled as a hare. He may be said to
be without an enemy except man. The natives
oM and then ATTACK him. but the rule Of the
Jungle Is to give way to the elephant Keen Of
called king Of the animal creation.
one Of the natives, who had been out to look
ay % n!S @
was Ii in 4. grove about mi and half away.
These soli,arss are ugly old feSl dp who
got Gotta gun ready. stuffed few cartridges into
ny pocket and set Of on q run. in company
this case sPproaSh game from the west TO
iope would not have taken the alarm, I saw
a he had
His spoor showed that he he'd moved hastily.
hp o eSa ss and IT
Our route took US near the grove. and
.ams syandne n o
time got q shot at him. but he went Of at
5s r. me from The rs
There was nothing to toll him that danger ap;;
Sss Was eepRsyn
These great beasts always act on the theory
that they arc pursued. II they rest for a time
In ono spot. they start up In alarm and 60
off with a rush when they 60. and 1t Is rarely
twelve or fifteen miles This fellow had been
resting two or three hours, and he started up.
went Off at trot for three miles, doubled back
like a fox. and was contentedly feeding when
saw him the second time
native ever found an elephant who had died by
accident or old ago. l suppose the explana-
ton Is. that when an elephant dies In the for
est the wild beasts speedily dsvour his carcass
and scatter his bones about; but one would
would be found at some point or other. have
talked with many hunters and natives, and the
discovery once made has been declared an
exception was going through an open for
est. following in the wake OF troop OF ele-
plants which were feeding when came upon
the skeleton OF one stuck fast between two
trees. The trees grew from the same root. but
spread several feet apart and In the excite
ment Of I'm alarm the beast had attempted to
pass between them. He was firmly caught be-
iii he starved to death. Hide and flesh wore